That got your attention:). Didn't it?
My childhood friend Misti's writing in this edition got my attention! And as I was going through Misti's intense write up I thought its about time we gently ponder over why most people don't write? Are most people scared of intense feelings? or are they scared of the grammer of a language? or are they just scared to address emotions as the treasure house for good literature? With Misti's write up in my hand I thought if this is possible in an alumni magazine then we must ask for more!
Moda Saiyya Mosey Boley Na...
Grab the attention with your first two lines! Simple lines are always better!
Quite like acting! Quite like the MUKHRA of a song! If you study the popular Bollywood songs you'll discover they are just this! Great MUKHRA! Great first few lines! If the lyricist manages to strike gold with the ANTARA (the mid paras) also then woopsy one has a classic!
So I was wondering if some of you who want to write but shy away from writing will write more!:). Begin with what matters the most to you! For instance this song! Listen to it carefully!
Now whats this song all about? What catches your ear is the authenticity of the feeling expressed. 'Mora Saiyyan Mosey Boley na!'. MY beloved doesn't speak to me. A song of loneliness, longing and love. A heart wrenching feeling that has been experienced by most human beings at some point of time or the other.
Look at this other song.
Aapki Yaad aati Rahi raat bhar!Chandni dil dukhati rahee raat bhar!
Now most of the human population has either loved and longed or hoped to love and long. The all night wait of a lover for his/her beloved. A night that feels like Marqez's hundred years of solitude. Many of us have experienced those purple nights. But how many of us are honest enough to say we are terribly lonely? or miss our lover? partner? wife? husband? miserably, ceaselessly, hopelessly? When we write the very obvious honestly, transparently, passionately, tenderly, humanly we have a piece of writing that will be valued.
One of my favourite songs is Leonard Cohen's Anthem- Ring the bell that still can ring, Forget the perfect offering, there is a crack in everything....thats how the light gets in!
Isn't that lovely? I will always envy Cohen!! I wish I could write something like that!
Many of us have often felt that this world is a dreary, drab and boring place. And then again sometimes found it a lil too adventurous! Most of us hate wars, riots, discrimination, fundamentalism! You might have wondered whether any protest is really worth the cause! I have! And that it is better to just chill out! Stay away from all troubles! But then Cohen's lines RING THE BELL THAT STILL CAN RING...
And we all know you can't write those lines suddenly one day! Yes the inspiration will come like that! One fine day! Out of the Blue! But years of living the real life, expressing, feeling, thinking, letting go of one self, writing, practice, language training, faux pas, holding hands will lead us to that day of magic!!
As I read Misti's write up on her daughter...I could only say WOW! How much courage and love it must have taken her to write that piece! Saying Au Revoir to one's daughter...
So lets write! We were trained to express! We were encouraged to use our emotional vocabulary along with the rational one!!! So lets grow and express in all possible ways! Pick up! Pick up that pen!! Or better still...hit those keysss...and Forget the perfect offering...there is a crack in everything...and thats how the light gets in! Let the light shine on your keyboards and pen...let the light come in...
Rukmini Sen
My childhood friend Misti's writing in this edition got my attention! And as I was going through Misti's intense write up I thought its about time we gently ponder over why most people don't write? Are most people scared of intense feelings? or are they scared of the grammer of a language? or are they just scared to address emotions as the treasure house for good literature? With Misti's write up in my hand I thought if this is possible in an alumni magazine then we must ask for more!
Moda Saiyya Mosey Boley Na...
Grab the attention with your first two lines! Simple lines are always better!
Quite like acting! Quite like the MUKHRA of a song! If you study the popular Bollywood songs you'll discover they are just this! Great MUKHRA! Great first few lines! If the lyricist manages to strike gold with the ANTARA (the mid paras) also then woopsy one has a classic!
So I was wondering if some of you who want to write but shy away from writing will write more!:). Begin with what matters the most to you! For instance this song! Listen to it carefully!
Now whats this song all about? What catches your ear is the authenticity of the feeling expressed. 'Mora Saiyyan Mosey Boley na!'. MY beloved doesn't speak to me. A song of loneliness, longing and love. A heart wrenching feeling that has been experienced by most human beings at some point of time or the other.
Look at this other song.
Aapki Yaad aati Rahi raat bhar!Chandni dil dukhati rahee raat bhar!
Now most of the human population has either loved and longed or hoped to love and long. The all night wait of a lover for his/her beloved. A night that feels like Marqez's hundred years of solitude. Many of us have experienced those purple nights. But how many of us are honest enough to say we are terribly lonely? or miss our lover? partner? wife? husband? miserably, ceaselessly, hopelessly? When we write the very obvious honestly, transparently, passionately, tenderly, humanly we have a piece of writing that will be valued.
One of my favourite songs is Leonard Cohen's Anthem- Ring the bell that still can ring, Forget the perfect offering, there is a crack in everything....thats how the light gets in!
Isn't that lovely? I will always envy Cohen!! I wish I could write something like that!
Many of us have often felt that this world is a dreary, drab and boring place. And then again sometimes found it a lil too adventurous! Most of us hate wars, riots, discrimination, fundamentalism! You might have wondered whether any protest is really worth the cause! I have! And that it is better to just chill out! Stay away from all troubles! But then Cohen's lines RING THE BELL THAT STILL CAN RING...
As I read Misti's write up on her daughter...I could only say WOW! How much courage and love it must have taken her to write that piece! Saying Au Revoir to one's daughter...
So lets write! We were trained to express! We were encouraged to use our emotional vocabulary along with the rational one!!! So lets grow and express in all possible ways! Pick up! Pick up that pen!! Or better still...hit those keysss...and Forget the perfect offering...there is a crack in everything...and thats how the light gets in! Let the light shine on your keyboards and pen...let the light come in...
Rukmini Sen
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